Sadly disappointed. - Patient Access Representative Optum Employee Review

2.0
Sep 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Always able to get over time if wanted

Cons

Bad leadership, not trained well enough or have access to all of the sites that would help make our job easier, done fast, or more accurately. Not the ideal work conditions. Horrible team work. Fellow employees are miserable.

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Cons

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